MLB is hiding video highlights so almost no one can find them

Al YellonWe have spoken often here about Major League Baseball’s blackout rules and various other ways in which MLB makes it difficult for its customers to use its video product even if they want to pay for it.

But there have always been highlights available of various games, in certain cases going back several years. And you can search MLB.com’s video page for those... wait, what do you mean you can’t do that anymore?

I was taken aback this week when I attempted to watch highlights on MLB.com.

For some reason, they got rid of the damn search bar.

It’s absurd. Previously, if you clicked on the videos tab, you would see a page of the most popular recent videos, with an easy to use search bar at…